Saturday, September 2 2006 11:07 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New York: Leander Paes and Czech Republic's Martin Damm advance to men's doubles second round with a facile victory over Petr Pala and Robin Vik at the US Open Grand Slam tennis here Friday (1 Sep, 2006).

Paes and Damm, the sixth seeds, knock out the Czech combo 6-1 6-2 in the first round.

The Indian star is to later pair up with Samantha Stosur of Australia against Belarussians Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka in the mixed doubles opening encounter.